{"id":83946,"date":"2023-10-29T14:19:10","date_gmt":"2023-10-29T14:19:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/happylifestyleinc.com\/?p=83946"},"modified":"2023-10-29T14:19:10","modified_gmt":"2023-10-29T14:19:10","slug":"i-married-myself-because-i-couldnt-find-mr-right","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/happylifestyleinc.com\/lifestyle\/i-married-myself-because-i-couldnt-find-mr-right\/","title":{"rendered":"I married MYSELF because I couldn&apos;t find Mr Right!"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>I married MYSELF because I couldn&#8217;t find Mr Right! Bride spent \u00a310K on big day after buying own engagement ring<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Sarah Wilkinson, 42,\u00a0forked out \u00a310k on the occasion and wrote her own vows<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>READ MORE:\u00a0I re-wore my bridal dress to my twin sister&#8217;s wedding<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>A woman who spent twenty years saving up for her wedding has married herself after never finding the right guy.<\/p>\n<p>Sarah Wilkinson, 42, shared her story on BBC Radio Suffolk, where she explained how she &#8216;got to be a princess for the day&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>The bride got married at\u00a0Harvest House, Felixstowe, surrounded by 40 of her family and friends in the day, with an additional 40 in the evening.<\/p>\n<p>According to the BBC, she forked out \u00a310,000 on the occasion and wrote 14 vows for herself to honour.<\/p>\n<p>She explained that it began when she hit 40 and wanted to buy herself an engagement ring: &#8216;I&#8217;ve always wanted to wear the rock on the finger, it&#8217;s always been a thing&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/25\/10\/76977245-12639615-image-a-37_1698226737272.jpg\" height=\"949\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Sarah Wilkinson, 42, shared her story on BBC Radio Suffolk , where she explained how she &#8216;got to be a princess for the day&#8217;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/25\/10\/76977247-12639615-image-a-38_1698226753676.jpg\" height=\"356\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>The bride got married at Harvest House, Felixstowe, surrounded by 40 of her family and friends in the day, with an additional 40 in the evening<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/25\/10\/76977251-12639615-image-a-39_1698226768393.jpg\" height=\"949\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>According to the BBC , she forked out \u00a310,000 on the occasion and wrote 14 vows for herself to honour<\/p>\n<h3>READ MORE:\u00a0I created my perfect wedding for \u00a31,700 &#8211; guests said our pound shop decor looked so professional<\/h3>\n<p>It spiralled from there and led to the credit controller buying a wedding dress and just deciding to go ahead with the whole day without a partner.<\/p>\n<p>She said &#8216;I hit 40 and was like, hmm, there&#8217;s not really any prospects about at the moment, we&#8217;ll give it a year and see what happens and then I&#8217;m just going to buy my own engagement ring.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I&#8217;ve been saving for a long time for my wedding day and when you get to the point where you&#8217;re like, actually I might not have this with a partner by my side, I was like well why should I miss out on it anyway just because I don&#8217;t have that?&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;At the end of the day it costs what it costs, I was slightly na\u00efve as to how much it would actually be but at the end of the day that money was reserved for my wedding.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>She continued &#8216;Everyone was really pleased, no one stopped smiling all day and everybody said what an amazing time they had. 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